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Wednesday, 1 October 2008
09.00 - 10.00 Registration at the Turkish Registration Centre, Building A main Entrance
10.00 - 10.50
Green Room
A122
Opening of the Forum and Keynote Speech
10.50 - 11.30
Green Room
A122

Plenary
Implementation of the Right to Food: where we stand

11.30 - 13.00
Green Room
A122

Plenary
Putting the Right to Food into Practice: Experiences in FAO Member Countries: Brazil, Guatemala

13.00 - 15.00 Lunch break
15.00 - 18.00
Green Room
A122

Plenary
Putting the Right to Food into Practice: Experiences in FAO Member Countries: India, Mozambique, Philippines, Uganda

18.30 - 20.00 Reception at FAO, Cafeteria Aventino Terrace 8th floor
Thursday, 2 October 2008

10.00 - 13.00

Panel 1
Philippines Room
C277


Panel 2
Malaysia Room
B227

Parallel Panels

Strong Voices: Advocacy and Training
Only educated duty-bearers are able to keep their obligations and only knowledgeable rights holders have the ability to organize themselves and know how to claim their right to food.

Accessible Justice: Legislation and Accountability
Only with enforceable justice, trusted institutions and a legal system oriented towards the human right to food will rights holders be in a position to hold duty-bearers accountable for guaranteeing food security.

13.00 – 15.00 Lunch Break
15.00 – 18.00

Panel 3
Philippines Room
C277

Panel 4
Malaysia Room
B227
Parallel Panels

Right Targets: Information and Assessment
Only informed duty-bearers can identify those rights-holders most in need and meet their demands for food security.

Durable Impact: Benchmarks and Monitoring
Only through achievable goals and ongoing, community-based, national and international evaluation can duty-bearers and rights-holders achieve lasting food security.
Friday, 3 October 2008

10.00 – 13.00

Panel 5
Green Room
A122



Effective Action: Strategy and Coordination
Only through effective human rights-oriented policies and coordinated rights based strategies can duty bearers fulfil their obligations to enable rights-holders to feed themselves.

13.00 - 15.00 Lunch break
15.00 - 16.30
Green Room
A122

Panel
Looking Forward: Next Issues in the Right to Food Agenda

16.30 - 17.30
Green Room
A122
Concluding remarks and closure
Report by the Forum Rapporteur
Final remarks
1-3 October 2008 - FAO Rome
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